Software Toolkits and Documentation

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Following is a collection of free networking tools, clients, and documentation for various technologies and protocols - namely TCP/IP, UUCP, and FidoNet.

Note that we no longer use FidoNet, though for many years the Network Startup Resource Center (via PSGnet) operated FidoNet's international links from North America to the the rest of the world regions. Consisting of a few dozen direct dial-up links to Argentina, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and the UK, these links essentially bound FidoNet across the globe from the former USSR, through Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, Oceania, Africa, and Asia. For a number of years, the NSRC served as a major gate between FidoNet and the Internet, moving over 3000 messages per day.

Info about FidoNet standards and protocols, etc. is archived below.

TCP/IP Resources

• TCP/IP Clients

  • Windows Clients

    • Tucows The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
    • Utilitaires, etc. en francais
    • Software del Internet en Español
    • Internet Applications list in portuguese
    • DialUp SLIP for Windows - PC-Eudora, Trumpet, Mosaic,(ca. 1995)

  • DOS Clients

    • WWW Browser for DOS (Net-Tamer)
    • Another WWW Browser for DOS (Arachne)
    • Dos Internet Access Software
    • DialUp SLIP for MS-DOS - NUPOP
    • Internet Tools for DOS
    • DOS Applications for Internet Use

  • Macintosh Clients

    • Tucows Macintosh Section
    • Dialup PPP for Macintosh OS 8/9 (sample only)
    • Dialup PPP for Macintosh OS X (sample only)

• Low-Cost TCP/IP Routerware

  • FreeRTR - PC-UNIX-based, single floppy router
  • KA9Q home - PC-based Ether/SLIP router - general versions
  • KA9Q RAINet - PC-based Ether/SLIP router - RAINet hacked version
  • PC-Route - PC-based Ether/SLIP router - RAINet hacked version
  • NextHop GateD, was Merit GateD (commerical)
    • GateD Documentation (commercial)

• TCP/IP Documentation

  • UNIX TCP/IP Protocols Mini-FAQ
  • TCP/IP FAQ Memo
  • DOS/Windows TCP/IP and network stacks explained
  • Linux Network Administrators Guide
  • FreeBSD Handbook
  • A Primer On Internet and TCP/IP Tools and Utilities (RFC 2151)

UUCP Resources

• UUCP Software

  • UUPC - a well-known classic
  • UUMAIL - from the CSIR in South Africa
  • SNUUPM - from Rhodes University in South Africa (via mirror site)
  • FSUUCP - another DOS UUCP
  • PC-Correo - a PC-based mail user agent in Español

• UUCP Documentation

  • UUCP Internals Faq
  • UUCP FAQs, Implementations
  • UUCP Protocol Information
  • Public UUCP/Unix Access

FidoNet Resources

• Fido Toys and Toolkits

  • Fidogate FidoNet to Internet gateway
  • FidoNet Starter Kit for DOS - Binkley, MsgEd, ParseLst, ...
  • FidoNet Full Kit for DOS - the above with more toys, docs, ...
  • FidoNet Kit for Macintosh - MacWoof
  • FidoNet / UUCP Gateway - UFGATE
  • FidoNet Kit for UNIX - RFmail
  • FidoNet Archive - an FTP site with tons of Fidonalia
  • Opus's Home: A FidoNet capable PClone BBS

• FidoNet Documentation - Standards, Papers, etc.

  • Fidonet Standards and Protocols
  • Papers About Fidonet
  • Nodes and Nodelist Statistics
  • Miscellaneous Items on Fidonet Networking
  • Links to More Good Fidonet Info